Thunder's Future Still Cloudy: "It's not certain whether thunder on the Ohio will be back in 2010. The unlimited hydroplane races broke off from the Freedom Festival this year and ran in August. Race Chairman Tom Sawyer says it's too early to say whether it was a financial success. They sold 1,314 buttons. But some money from button sales is yet to come in and Thunder still has some bills to pay."

Mark Evans followed up his win at Bayfair on Mission Bay last weekend with a victory at the Lake Chelan Hydrofest on Sunday. Evans finished second in all three preliminary heats in the Unlimited Light class — one on Saturday and two on Sunday — but raced to victory in Sunday afternoon’s finals.